ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 
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WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE, 
1. Wood - man, spare that tree! Touch not a sin - gle bough; In youth it shel - tered. 
2. That old fa - mil - iar tree, Its glo - ry and re - nown Are spread o’er land and 1 . 
3. When but an i - die boy, I sought its grateful shade; In all their gush - ing 
4. My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend! Here shall the wild - bird' 
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And I’ll pro-tect it now; ’Twas my fore-: 
And would’st thou hew it down? Woodman, for - 
Here, too, my sis - ters played; My moth - er 1 
And still thy branches bend. Old tree, the £ 
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placed it near his cot, There, woodman, let it 
not its earth-bound ties; Oh! spare that a - ged 
fa - ther pressed my hand, For - give this fool - ish 
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axe shall harm it not! 
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rtesy of Messrs. Harper & Brother*. 
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May is here, the world re - joi - ces; Earth puts on her smiles to greet hers 
Birds through ev - ’ry thick - et call - ing, Wake the woods to sounds of glad - ness 
Earth to heav’n lifts up her voi - ces; Sky, and field, and wood, and riv - er: 
